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Accounting Policy Judgments/Uncertainties Affecting Application See Additional Discussion At
Asset Valuation
NRG
Seren
Argentina
NRG Financial
Restructuring
Income Tax Accruals
Benefit Plan Accounting
Regulatory Mechanisms
and Cost Recovery
Environmental Issues
Uncollectible Receivables
Nuclear Plant
Decommissioning and
Cost Recovery
management’s discussion and analysis
xcel energy inc. and subsidiaries page 25
– Regional economic conditions affecting asset
operation, market prices and related cash flows
– Foreign currency valuation changes
– Regulatory and political environments and
requirements
– Levels of future market penetration and customer
growth
– Terms negotiated to settle NRG’s obligations to
its creditors
– Ownership interest in and control of NRG and
related ability to continue consolidating NRG as
a subsidiary
– Impacts of court decisions in future bankruptcy
proceedings, including any obligations of Xcel Energy
– Application of tax statutes and regulations to
transactions
– Anticipated future decisions of tax authorities
– Ability of tax authority decisions/positions to
withstand legal challenges and appeals
– Ability to realize tax benefits through carrybacks
to prior periods or carryovers to future periods
– Future rate of return on pension and other plan
assets, including impacts of any changes to
investment portfolio composition
– Interest rates used in valuing benefit obligation
– Actuarial period selected to recognize deferred
investment gains and losses
– External regulator decisions, requirements and
regulatory environment
– Anticipated future regulatory decisions and their
impact
– Impact of deregulation and competition on
ratemaking process and ability to recover costs
– Approved methods for cleanup
– Responsible party determination
– Governmental regulations and standards
– Results of ongoing research and development
regarding environmental impacts
– Economic conditions affecting customers, suppliers
and market prices
– Regulatory environment and impact of cost recovery
constraints on customer financial condition
– Outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings
– Costs of future decommissioning
– Availability of facilities for waste disposal
– Approved methods for waste disposal
– Useful lives of nuclear power plants
– Future recovery of plant investment and
decommissioning costs
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Results of Operations
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
Impacts of NRG Financial Difficulties
Impact of Other Nonregulated Investments
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 2, 3 and 18
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Liquidity and Capital Resources
NRG Financial Issues
Xcel Energy Impacts
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 4 and 18
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
Tax Matters
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 1, 11 and 18
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
Pension Plan Costs and Assumptions
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 1 and 13
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
Utility Industry Changes and Restructuring
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 1, 18 and 20
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
Environmental Matters
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 1 and 18
Management’s Discussion and Analysis:
Factors Affecting Results of Operations
California Power Market
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 1 and 18
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Notes 1, 18 and 19